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Collection: 00032 - North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Folder: GG-16
Item: 00018
Title: Joseph Buchheit and Steve Rowig in Buchheit-Bakken Store, Binford (N.D.)
Date: 1915-1916
Creator: Alm, Hazel Jean,--1898-1986
Summary: Joseph Buchheit and Steve Rorvig are the only two men identified in this interior view of the Buchheit-Bakken Store in Binford, N.D. Gloves are displayed on a rack hanging from the ceiling. Other items are stacked high on shelves, or stored in display cases. A sign in the foreground advertises "33% off on ladies shirt waists."||Joseph Buchheit was born in 1854 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He later moved to Indiana, attending school until returning to attend college in Kitchener, Ontario. He returned again to Indiana and worked in the mercantile business until 1880 when he moved to Griggs County, N.D. to take up farming. He married in 1887 and farmed until 1903 when he and his wife moved into Binford, N.D. He managed the Buchheit-Bakken store there until 1919, and also was involved in the First National Bank. He served on the Griggs County Commission from 1891 to 1915. He died in 1932.Stephen Rorvig was born in Norway in 1874. His family immigrated to Minnesota in 1883, then moved to McHenry, N.D. Stephen Rorvig first worked as a fireman for the Northern Pacific Railroad. He later became associated with the Buchheit-Bakken store in Binford until the store was destroyed by fire. In 1926, he began operating a service station with his sons, which he did until his death in 1960.
Red ID: PH_I_122190 Image ID: 53875 Image Notes: 00032-GG-16-00018

Collection: 00032 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1977

Summary: Consists of copies of photographs belonging to people interviewed for the North Dakota Oral History Project. The Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.

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